Dan Cortese

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Daniel James Cortese

Born Daniel James Cortese
September 14, 1967 (age 58)
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation
Actor

Daniel James Cortese (/kɔːrˈtɛz/; born September 14, 1967) is an American actor. He played Perry Rollins on Veronica's Closet and Vic Meladeo on What I Like About You.

Of Italian (Calabrese) descent, Cortese was born on September 14, 1967, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, where he played football and basketball. Before becoming an actor, Cortese played college football at the University of North Carolina as a backup quarterback. In his freshman year in 1986, the Tar Heels went to the Aloha Bowl in Hawaii. Cortese graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting in 1990.